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FILE - An Iranian mourner goes into a frenzy just after the body of the Ayatollah Khomeini was removed from Beheshte Zahra Cemetery in Tehran, June 6, 1989. The burial was delayed when thousands of mourners crowded the imam's body in an effort to touch their leader. (AP Photo/Greg English, File)

AP Was There: Millions of mourners attended funeral of Iran's Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini

11:30 PM on Wednesday, July 1

On June 6, 1989, millions of Iranians turned out in the streets to bury Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, who had led the 1979 Islamic Revolution

Newly consecrated bishops, from left, Pascal Schreiber, Michael Goldade, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry and Marc Hanappier, wearing their miters and holding their pastoral staffs, pray at the end of their consecration ceremony in a tent set up outside the Society of St. Pius X seminary in Econe, Switzerland, Wednesday, July 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Baz Ratner)

Defying Pope Leo XIV, traditionalists go ahead with bishop consecrations in Switzerland

12:02 AM on Wednesday, July 1

A breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics has directly defied Pope Leo XIV by consecrating four bishops without his consent

Muslims were part of America’s story long before the republic began

8:35 AM on Tuesday, June 30

Pope Leo XIV holds his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope issues plea to breakaway traditionalist group to back off bishop consecrations

5:07 AM on Tuesday, June 30

Pope Leo XIV has issued a plea to a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics to call off its planned consecrations of new bishops without his consent

Palestinian weavers Rula Barakeh, right, and Samira Nasser work on handmade embroidered pieces at the Inaash Association embroidery workshop in Beirut, Tuesday, May 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

How some in Palestinian diaspora find connection, identity and resilience in traditional embroidery

1:14 AM on Tuesday, June 30

From refugee camps to stitching circles, many in the Palestinian diaspora around the world are engaging with a traditional form of Palestinian embroidery as far more than a decorative aesthetic

FILE - Parishioners attend a service at St. Mary's Cathedral, the mother church of the archdiocese in San Francisco, on April 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

San Francisco Archdiocese agrees to pay $395 million to settle child sex abuse lawsuits

5:16 PM on Monday, June 29

The San Francisco Catholic Archdiocese has agreed to pay $395 million to settle over 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by church officials

The sun beams over the Our Lady of Sorrows Church in McAllen, Texas, Monday, June 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Valerie Gonzalez)

ICE releases a Texas nun intercepted walking to church dressed in her habit

2:20 PM on Monday, June 29

Diocese officials in south Texas say a nun walking to church dressed in her habit was detained by ICE officers and later released after members of Congress intervened

Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Abdullah Moussa, 30, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, during his funeral in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, June 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israeli strikes kill at least 8 in Gaza, including 2 children, health officials say

5:20 AM on Monday, June 29

Israeli strikes in southern and central Gaza on Monday killed at least eight people, including two children, according to health officials

FILE - Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, center from Chicago, Il., walks down the steps of the Capital Building with his wife, Mother Khadijah Farrakhan, left, as they arrive at the Millions More Movement on the National Mall, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2005 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Khadijah Farrakhan, 'first lady of Nation of Islam' as wife of famous pastor, dies at 90

11:31 AM on Sunday, June 28

Khadijah Farrakhan, longtime wife of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, has died at age 90

FILE - Armenians hold their national flag during a ceremony to commemorate the mass killings of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire, in Jerusalem, Israel, Friday, April 24, 2015. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)

Israel moves to formally recognize Armenian WWI deaths as a genocide

10:10 AM on Sunday, June 28

Israel’s Cabinet has approved a proposal to designate the violence against Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during World War I as genocide

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi listens to his Iraqi counterpart Fouad Hussein during a news conference after a meeting at the foreign ministry in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, June 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Iran attacks Bahrain and Kuwait following US strikes and threatens to halt talks

12:32 AM on Sunday, June 28

Iran has again launched drone and missile attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait in response to new U.S. airstrikes

Mourners carry the body of Palestinian Abdullah Moussa, 30, who was killed in an Israeli airstrike, during his funeral in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, June 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israeli drone strike kills Palestinian siblings in a Gaza tent camp

10:39 AM on Saturday, June 27

Nasser Hospital says an Israeli drone strike has killed two Palestinian siblings in southern Gaza

A man stands beside a fishing pole along the shore as cargo ships and commercial vessels are seen in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (Amirhosein Khorgooi/ISNA via AP)

US airstrikes again hit Iran as Tehran strikes Bahrain and Kuwait, further imperiling interim deal

5:24 AM on Saturday, June 27

The U.S. military has launched a second round of airstrikes targeting Iran at President Donald Trump’s direction

FILE - Hildale, Utah, sits at the base of Red Rock Cliff mountains, with its sister city, Colorado City, Ariz., in the foreground, on Dec. 16, 2014. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Polygamous sect leader convicted of abuse charges after girls found in trailer on Arizona highway

7:53 PM on Friday, June 26

A polygamous sect leader has been convicted on child abuse charges in Arizona while already serving a 50-year sentence in federal prison for orchestrating sex involving children

A Bible and Resurrection by Leo Tolstoy sit on the desk of State Board of Education member LJ Francis during a meeting on proposed social studies standards at the Barbara Jordan Building in Austin on Monday, June 22, 2026. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

Bible stories are approved as required reading in Texas public schools

12:01 AM on Friday, June 26

Texas public schools will require students to read Bible stories under a reading list approved by the state’s education board

Ruth Nasrullah, left, and Rocio Fierro-Perez, political director for the Texas Freedom Network, participate in an interfaith funeral-themed protest outside the Barbara Jordan Building in Austin on Monday, June 22, 2026. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)

What to know about the decision to make Bible stories required reading in Texas public schools

4:36 PM on Wednesday, June 24

Bible stories are now required reading for more than 5 million public school students in Texas

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